In this course, students in the areas of humanities and social sciences will be introduced to the study of language from the perspective of human cognition and its impact on language production and language use. The course is designed for students without prior exposure to linguistics or language studies. Students will be familiarised with the view that language is a product of human cognition through the interaction between perception and conceptualisation. By being exposed to some of the basic principles in cognitive linguistics and a range of linguistic constructions, students will gain a better appreciation of and better understanding about language for the purpose of developing the desirable analytical and intellectual rigour essential to academic inquiry.